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it's been tough for john brown, tough for tony hayward and tough for bob dudley, as well. but the fact remains is you have a minority position .you don't control the dividends for this company, do you? >> it's not a control, but it's a policy by the government. i've never had a problem with the russian government. my relationship with the russian government has been fine. other business partners have been up and down from time to time. >> you talked about increasing that payout. there have been reports that could get up to 35%. that will help out the major shareholders on the government side, help them with their budget deficits, as well. any issues with that coming in the short to mead why term? >> that would be completely a policy decision. >> this is a stake where you have an enormous amount of capital tied up and you're saying you don't control the dividend stream at all. >> a year ago, people were saying you don't get any dividends. this quarter we received a 465 million testify depend. it went up last quarter to 8 million this quarter. >> talking about dividends, 9.5
it's been tough for john brown, tough for tony hayward and tough for bob dudley, as well. but the fact remains is you have a minority position .you don't control the dividends for this company, do you? >> it's not a control, but it's a policy by the government. i've never had a problem with the russian government. my relationship with the russian government has been fine. other business partners have been up and down from time to time. >> you talked about increasing that payout....
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racing green, brown leather interior rs-7 from the man himself. 560 horsepower. can you handle it, ross? >> i still prefer an astin in racing green. >> i can't tell you what he said, but it had something to the with aston martin. >> you asked the question, right? you asked the question. >> audi is a very nice car. >> i'll take the rs-7. how about that? >> that would be good competition. anyway, for more on the auto show including on the report on why carmakers are plugging into electric and hybrid models, plug into cnbc.com and follow us on twitter, @cnbcworld. what would you like your car to do? i don't think we mean would you like it to fry an egg. if you'd like to join the conversation, get in touch with us. worldwide@cnbc.com, tweet us, as well. fairly open-ended question. >>> meanwhile, back to politics, sylvia berlusconi has warned his party may pull out of the shaky coalition government if they decide to delay a vote ousting him from his position after his tax conviction. >>> controversial reform ames to reduce the country's pension deficit. stephane has m
racing green, brown leather interior rs-7 from the man himself. 560 horsepower. can you handle it, ross? >> i still prefer an astin in racing green. >> i can't tell you what he said, but it had something to the with aston martin. >> you asked the question, right? you asked the question. >> audi is a very nice car. >> i'll take the rs-7. how about that? >> that would be good competition. anyway, for more on the auto show including on the report on why...
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we'll be joined with mike brown. we'll get right to him when we come back. >>> as we can see the focus for the economy in davos, we can see mining and commodity experts. they think they're pretty optimistic for what's to come this year. here is a recap. >> i'm actually a little bit more optimistic that 2013 will see us recovering and, therefore, we take the view that the oil prices for 2013 and that will actually not slow down the growth. as we can see, things coming back. i'm confident that the gold price will continue to go towards 1,800. considering that given any other uncertainties and certainties about, for example, the yen, the new bank of japan policy on inflation targeting, there are a number of very attractive investment assets. >> despite the global economic downturn, 100, 110 has been pretty stable. most of the screens project around the $80 level, 8el 0 to 90, i would say. and governments in the region oil producing governments tend to budget at that sort of level. natural gas, of course, a much bigger v
we'll be joined with mike brown. we'll get right to him when we come back. >>> as we can see the focus for the economy in davos, we can see mining and commodity experts. they think they're pretty optimistic for what's to come this year. here is a recap. >> i'm actually a little bit more optimistic that 2013 will see us recovering and, therefore, we take the view that the oil prices for 2013 and that will actually not slow down the growth. as we can see, things coming back. i'm...
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india is one of the world's -- maybe the world's largest brown spirits market. and when these businesses were put together in the 1980s with a combination of deals on the guinness platform a lot of growth opportunities were dramatically underexploited. some of them had been exploited. there's still some to go in the sector if people say focused. >> what you're saying, kevin, is i'm more interested in leveraging return to growth in europe than you are interested in leveraging growth. >> i think as european companies come out of session into recovery investors will focus more on the domestic markets rather than the emerging markets because that's been the game that's been played for the last four or five years. the growth is still there, don't get me wrong. it's priced in at the moment. >> it's essentially where the pricing is. you mentioned back eurozone. uran banks, yes? >> european banks. the capital ratios are now strong. they can start to return to normal banging. >> if we get some tests that tell us the underlying picture. >> on a limited basis. i think the
india is one of the world's -- maybe the world's largest brown spirits market. and when these businesses were put together in the 1980s with a combination of deals on the guinness platform a lot of growth opportunities were dramatically underexploited. some of them had been exploited. there's still some to go in the sector if people say focused. >> what you're saying, kevin, is i'm more interested in leveraging return to growth in europe than you are interested in leveraging growth....
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. >> it's interesting, i spoke to lord brown who is now with str consulting. he told me -- and i've asked him to send me this survey. he told me last night that they have a survey of international companies who tell me they think it would be fine if britain was in a view. as long as they had the rule of law with the rest of the world, they would be happy with that. >> i talked to the planning people and the ceos of a lot of multi nationals. none of them that i speak with are saying that. the uk should never become hong kong or singapore not because they aren't great things, but because they're tiny countries. of course we'll have to stick with rule of law. of course we'll have to play to their financial strengths. but that's not going to be enough if they pull themselves out of their most important political and economic relationship and if they seem to be america's wrij into europe. >> what -- the u.s. feels very strongly, it's extraordinarily strong remarks, unusual. why was that? is it because actually they view the uk as the biggest proopponent of trying t
. >> it's interesting, i spoke to lord brown who is now with str consulting. he told me -- and i've asked him to send me this survey. he told me last night that they have a survey of international companies who tell me they think it would be fine if britain was in a view. as long as they had the rule of law with the rest of the world, they would be happy with that. >> i talked to the planning people and the ceos of a lot of multi nationals. none of them that i speak with are saying...
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as for earnings, look for reports today from brown-forman, maker of jack daniel's whiskey. some of you may know that. and homebuilder hovnanian. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] what do you do when you can no longer get around like you used to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for america's premier power chair. hi, i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. now you can do more, see more, enjoy life more. here's why hoveround makes it easier than any other power chair. hoveround is more maneuverable to get you through the tightest doors and hallways. more reliable. hoveround employees build your chair, deliver your chair, and will service your chair for as long as you own your chair. and most importantly, 9 out of 10 people got their hoveround for
as for earnings, look for reports today from brown-forman, maker of jack daniel's whiskey. some of you may know that. and homebuilder hovnanian. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] what do you do when you can no longer get around like you...
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the measure from republicans david vitter and democrat shared brown would also reportedly toss out the basul 3 rules. banks with more than $400 billion in assets would have to hold 15%. under basul 3, some regulators have called too complicated. dan, if this gets any traction, what does it mean for bank investors? >> well, the first thing you said there is the optist sentence, which is if this gets traction. we're -- i'm not under the impression right now that this is a bill that we should be particularly worried about. it's obviously something to pay attention to, but i don't think that this becomes the force of last right now. but taking a step back from this particular piece of legislation, for financial investors and bank investors more generally, we're living in a period of time or greater fiscal and can government intrusion into their operations. and one thing that we've seen quite clearly is ledgit laters around the world forcing banks to hold more capital and derisk their balance sheets. and whether this particular bill in its current incarnation passes or not doesn't really ma
the measure from republicans david vitter and democrat shared brown would also reportedly toss out the basul 3 rules. banks with more than $400 billion in assets would have to hold 15%. under basul 3, some regulators have called too complicated. dan, if this gets any traction, what does it mean for bank investors? >> well, the first thing you said there is the optist sentence, which is if this gets traction. we're -- i'm not under the impression right now that this is a bill that we...